National

by Jonathan Allen and Chandelis R. Duster
WASHINGTON — Sen. Kamala Harris is the potential 2020 Democratic presidential candidate generating the most excitement among the black political elite, according to...

by Carmen Pelaez
Tania León wasn’t familiar with the story of the Little Rock Nine when she was approached by The University of Central Arkansas to compose the opera to commemorate the 70th anniversary of th...

By Lauren Poteat (NNPA Newswire Contributor)
In her historic role as Bowie State University’s first female president, Dr. Aminta Hawkins Breaux said that she’s ready to lead the top 25 HBCU into the school’s...

The Grio
During her life, Alberta Jones was responsible for registering thousands of African-American voters in the 1960s and paved the way for a ban that would prevent theaters and lunch counters from discr...

The Grio
On Monday, Eric Garner‘s grieving mother called on officials at the local level to move forward on punishment for the officer who killed her son rather than waiting for a stalled White House and Dep...